2 1;; . , I,. \ '"' \ .I r /" 4;'- , ..., ". - , - i: (." . (!) ':$' :It . r'" '- 1,-. GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN ! Â ''+, 11 4,".. A CONSCIENTIOUS CALENDAR. OF EVENTS OF INTERE.ST -- THE ApPLE CART-Maurice Evans speaks \\'ith his usual precision in this rather minor and extremely dated Shaw play about a struggle between a King and his Cabinet. Signc.. ria - so Claudia Morgan, Mercer McLeod and Charles Carson are among His Majesty's tll0re or less loyal opposition (Plymouth, 45th St., W. CI 6-9156. Nightly, except Sun- days, at 8:30. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:30.) AUNTIE MAME-Rosalind Russell is entrancing as the unorthodox heroine of this comedy, but it is just possible that the piece itself is a bit too arch to satisfy everybody. Adapted by J erOlne La wrence and Robert E. Lee from a novel by Patrick Dennis, the play was directed by Morton Da Costa, has sets designed by Oliver Smith, and numbers Polly Rowles, Marian Winters, Robert Hig- gins, and Peggy Cass in its cast. ( road- hurst, 44th St., W. CI 6-6699. Ntghtly, except Sundays, at 8:30. Matinées Wednes- days and Saturdays at 2:30.) GIRLS OF SUMMER-A practically incomprehensi- ble play by . Richard Nash, in which Shelley Winters, Pat Hingle, Lenka Peterson, and Arthur Storch operate in stylized confusion. (Longacre, 48th St., W. CI 6-5639. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8.40. Matinées Wednes- days and Saturdays at 2:40.) THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE-Kyle Crichton's adap- tation of the biography of Anthony J Drexel Biddle that he wrote in collaboration with Cordelia Drexel Biddle. Dealing \vith the ec- centric head of an eccentric household, the play isn't as rewarding as "Life with Father" by a long shot, but it has its amusing mo- ments. Walter Pidgeon plays Mr. Biddle, and has the support of Ruth Matteson, Ruth White, Diana van der VIis, and George Griz- zard (Lyceum, 45th St., E. JL 2-3897. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:40. Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2.40.) LONG DAY's JOURNEY INTO NIGHT-Eugene O'N eill's monumental attempt to understand the tragedies of his youth makes an im- pressive and disturbing play. Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Bradford Dillman, and Jason Robards, Jr., are all superb as members of the haunted family, and José Quintero's direction is brilliant (Helen Hayes, 46th St., W. CI 6-6380. Nightly, except Sundays, at 7:30.) THE LOUD RED PATRICK-Arthur Kennedy and David Wayne show commendable vivacity in this fairly tedious and certainly old-fash- ioned comedy about an Irishman whose four young daughters keep getting out of hand. John Boruff's script vvas suggested by Ruth McKenney's novel of the same name. (Am- bassador, 49th St., W. CO 5-1855 Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:40. Matinees vVednes- days and Saturdays at 2:40.) MAJOR BARBARA- A. really first-rate presentation of Shaw's comedy about poverty considered a a crime. Charles Laughton, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Burgess Meredith, Glynis Johns, and Eli Wallach head the cast, which Mr Laughton directed, and the splendid sets were created by Donald Oenslager. (Moros- co, 45th St., W. CI 6-6230 Nightly, except Sundays, at 8: 30. Matinées vVednesdays and Saturdays at 2: 30. Special performance for the Actors' Fund Sunday evening, Dec. 16.) \.r- OLD VIC COMPANy-Of the three plays given so CHANG[ OF ADDR.[$S far ("Troilus and Cressida" is still to come), It is essential that subscribers ordering a change of "Macbeth," with Paul Rogers and Coral address give four weeks' notice and provide their Browne in the leading roles, is by far the old as well as their new address. Please give postal most satisfactory "Richard II" and "Romeo zone numbers for both addresses. THE NEW YORKER, published weekly by. The New Yorker Magc:zine, I c., 25 w. 43rd ?t., New York 36, Y. R . Flelschma n, chairman of the board: S. B Botsford, president; E. R. Spauld1l1g and R H. Truax, vice-presidents; P. F. Fleischmann, treasurer, M. L. Fnes, secretary, A. J. RusselJ, Jr., adver tising director. Vol. XXXII, No. 43, December 15,1956. Entered. as second class matt r, February 10, 1925, at the post office at New York, N. Y. nder he.act of Match 3, 1879. Copyright, 1956, by The New Yorker MagazIne Inc.,.ln the UnIted States. a d Canada. All nghts reserve No part of thIs .penodlcal may be reproduced without the consent of The New Yorker Pnnted In U. S. A. SubscnptIOn rates: U. S. and posseSSIOns. 1 year $7.00, Canada Latin America, and Spain, $8.00. Other ForeIgn, $ I 0.00. -. THE THEA TR.E 16 18 19 F-S ! 1 52 5 - M-T-W-T- 13 2.0 (E. and W. mean East and West of Broadway.) PLA YS 17 and Juliet," with John Neville, as !he King and Romeo, and Claire Bloom, as hts Queen and Juliet, are occasionally interesttng but on the whole disappointing. The sched- ule through Dec. 22: "Macbeth," Thursday. Dec. 13, and T .ursday throug tur ay, Dec. 20-22. . . . CJJ 'Romeo and Juhet, Fnday and Saturday, Dec. 14- 15. . . . CJJ "Richard II," Monday through Wednesday, Dec. 17- 1 9. (Winter Garden, Broadway at 50th St. CI 5-4878. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:3 0 . Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:3 0 . Closes Saturday. Jan. [2.) THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE-An anemtC import from Britain that tries-with no particu- lar success-to make something comic of an ambitious mother's efforts to maneuver her seventeen-year-old daughter into a stylish marriage. In the leading roles are Wilfrid Hyde White, Anna Massey, Brenda Forbes, and John Merivale (Henry Miller, 43rd St., E. BR 9-3970. Nightly except Sundays, at 8:4 0 . Matinées Thursdays and Saturdays at 2:4 0 . ) SEPARATE TABLEs-Eric Portman and Margaret Leighton are highly efficient in both the plays that make up this Terence Rattigan double bill. The plays themselves vary in quality, the first being just bout acceptable and the sec- ond very good indeed The cast includes Beryl Measor, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, and Donald Harron. (Music Box, 45th St., W. CI 6-4636 Nightly except Sundays, at 8:30. Matinées vVednesdavs and Saturdays at 2:3 0 .) THE SLEEPING PRINCE-An A.merican chorus girl takes up with an aristocrat from some Balkan community, and you can fill in the rest. The ubiquitous Terence Rattigan is responsible for this pallid exercise, in which Michael Redgrave, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Cathleen Nesbitt are involved (Coronet, 49th St., W. CI 6-8870. ightly, except Sundays, at R:40. Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:40. Closes Saturday. Dec. 22.) LONG RUNS-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK: A. Dutch girl'" chronicle of the two years she and her " THE ART GALLERIES BOOKS THE CURRENT CINEMA LETTER FROM THE OLYMPICS LETTER FROM PARIS MUSICAL EVENTS ON AND Oi:F THE AVENUE: CHRISrMAS GIFTS THE RACE TRACK THE THEATRE Page 129 180 176 59 167 139 142 55 52 THE NEW YOR.KER 2.5 WEST 4JRD STRE.E. T TE.LE.PHONE. ADVE-R TlSING , SUßSCRIPTlO'\JS. OXFOR.D .:5-1.51" EDITORIAL OFFICE.S. OXfORD .5-1414 -u--- e.c.. "",,,,,,-, famIly spent hiding from the Nazis. WIth Joseph Schildkraut, Gusti Huber, and Dina Doronne (Cort, 48th St., E. CI 5-4289. Xightly, except Sundays, at 8:40. Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:40.)... IN- HERIT THE WIND: An account of the Scopes trial, in Dayton, Tennessee, with Paul :Nluni and Ed Begley as the two famous orators in- volved (National, 41 st St., W. PE 6-8220. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:30. Matinees \i\Tednesdays and Saturdays at 2:30.)... THE MATCHMAKER: Ruth Gordon is the star and Thornton Wilder the author of this rough- house comedy. Loring Smith, Eileen Herlie, and Arthur Hill are also in the cast. (Booth, 45th St., W CI 6-5969. ightly, except Sundays, at 8:40. Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:40.)... MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT: Paddy Chayefsky's play about a luan \', no falls in love with a girl half his age. Ed- ward G. Robinson has one of the leading roles, and his associates include Gena Row- lands, June Walker, and Patricia Benoit. (ANT A Theatre, 52nd St., W. CI 6-6270. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:40. Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:40.)... NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS: All about how a hillbilly amiably disrupts a good part of our nÚlitary establishment Charles Hohman is the hero right now, and Myron McCormick and Arte Johnson are a couple of his Air Force col- leagues (Alvin. 52nd St., W. CI 5-5226. Nightly, except Sundays, at ö:40 11atinées vVednesdays and Saturdays at 2:40.) MUSICALS BELLS ARE RINGING-Judy Holliday does practi- cally everything extraordinarily well in this comedy about a telephone-service answerel who takes her work seriously Betty Con1den and Adolph Green wrote the rather thickly plotted book and the generally estÍ1nable lyrics; J ule Styne did the score; Raoul Pene duBois designed the sets and costun1es; and Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse handled the staging Sydney Chaplin is featured in a cast that includes Jean Stapleton, Eddie La\\- rence, and Dort Clark. (Shubert, 44th St, W. CI 6-5990. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:30. Matinées Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:30.) CANDIDE-A musical version of Voltaire's novel, with a book by Lillian Hellman, a score by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Richard Wilbur (mostly), Dorothy Parker, and the late John Latouche. In the cast are Iax Adrian, Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook and Irra Petina. Staged by Tyrone Guthrie and presented by Ethel Linder Reiner, in as- sociation with Lester Osterman, J r. (l\;Iartin Beck, 45th St. W. CI 6-6363. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8:30. Matinées vVednesdays and Saturdays at 2:30.) CRANKS-Out of the thirty numbers in this British revue, only about five seem suitable for A.merican consumption. The ketches were written by John Cranko; the music was provided by John Addison; and the cast is composed of Hugh Bryant, A.nthony Xewle), Annie Ross, and Gilbert Vernon. (Bij ou, 45th St., vV. JlT 6-5442. ightly, except Sunday, at 8:30. Matinées Wednesday cLnd Saturdays at 2:30. Closes Saturday, Dec. 22.) HAPPY HUNTING-Ethel Merman and Fernando Lamas in Howard Lindsay's and Russel Crouse's new musical Matt Dubey wrote the lyrics and Harold Karr the music; Abe Bur- rows is the director and J 0 Mielziner the producer. (Majestic, 44th St., W. CI 6-0730. Xightly, except Sundays, at 8' 30. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:30.) LI' L ABNER-The clumping, dim-witted hillbillies who populate the cartoon strip of Al Capp are well and truly represented here, but the musical can't be recommended to anyone who